)C 3cffcvsonia,
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1355.
jggr We were informed yesterday, by a
friend, that he had received a letter from
Senator Walton, stating that the Veto
Message of the Stroudsburg Bank Bill,
would he called up in a day or two, and
that there was a very fair prospect of
passing the bill by a two third vote. We
hope that such may be the case, and that
the Legislature will consent to jtho pass
age of the bill. There is not a com
munity in the State, who stand more in
need of banking facilities, than the people
of this County do.
A JMew Liquor Act
mi XT !
me .ew nquor law, published in an
other column, has been bigucd by the
Governor, and is now a law. It goes in
to operation on (he 1st of nest October,
and makes it unlawful to keep any place
where may be sold and drank any kind of
spirituous or malt liquor?. It makes it
also unlawful to sell less than a quart of
hueh liquors, and requires a license to be
taken out. The law also says that the act
bh.ili not interfere with licenses granted
before its passage, until the time for which
, J fc , , . ' J The 2s cw Jersey Locomotive and Ma
slinl! anv license ranted before the first I , . "1 th v t
j 0
of July nest authorize any sale after the
lt of October.
Our Cuban Troubles.
The Washington correspondent of the
Now York Courier y who is generally rcli
:.ble, says that there "is no longer any
reasonable doubt that serious discussions
are in progress in the Cabinet, relative to
the course to be pursued towards Cuba,
and that Colonel Davis, Secretary of
War, aud Mr. Dobbin, Secretary of the
avy, are represented to be in favor of im
uediate and decisive measures. Also, that
President Pierce inclines towards their
policy." It is further stated that the South
t ru ad vocates of immediate annexation de
'lare that now is the most favorable mo
laeut for striking a blow that has occur
led for many years, or that can be hoped
or during many more, inasmuch as the
Naval Allies of Spain are fully engaged
the war of the East. The National
i' igticcr, which is not apt to take the
-arm without sufficient cause, speaks of
"u. desperate game on foot for party or
mercenary objects, or both combined, in
to-operation with foreign malcontents,
v.hich, unless promptly frowned down by
. :-ourid American sentiment, will be push
( i von to the plunging of the counlij into
war."
"Washington County Mutual Insurance
Company.
We have examined the annual state
:iC!.t of the above named Company and
find it in a flourishing condition. A
r ong the list of losses by this Company,
and the claims that have been allowed,
we fiud that of Mr. Valentine Werkhciscr,
of this county, amounting to S707. Col.
Burnett, their Attorney, requests us to
&ay that he has been authorized to pay Mr.
Wcrkbeiser the above amount out of the
assessments to be collected in this County.
It is hoped that all persons from whom
ji-sessmonts are due, will make prompt
payment and enable him to piy the above
amount as soon as possible.
The Greek Slave. Mrs. Kate Gil
It spic, of Brady's Bend, Pa., who drew the
Greek Slave, at the late Cosmopolitan Art
cistribution, it is said, intends having it
t xhibited throughout the country, during
the coming season. t
Bad Place for Doctors. The Grand
Jury of Oramre County. Fla., in their
general presentment, made at the late term
of their court, mentioned the fact, that out
of a population of four hundred in the
county, there has not been a single death
in twelve mouths.
j- Oats sold in Philadelphia lat-t
week for 70 cents per bushel; hay for $1.
15, SJ.20 and 1.25 perhuudrcd pounds.
Those prices make horse-flesh a dear com
modity to keep on hand without being
profitably employed.
Church Struck by Lightning .-
JiAfsTONj Pa., April 14. The Moravian
Church iu this place was struck by lightn
ing at noon to-day, and the roof much in
jured No other damage was
caused.
The Treasurer of Pennsylvania has
M'nf to the Legislature of that State a list
pf the defaulters of that State, whose ag
gregatc defalcations amount to 8500,000
In the Eastern State Penitentiary there
lire 270 convicts.
Eight persons, charged with murder,
are to be tried hi NwlTorJithis month.
For The Jin teksonian.
- LINES, . . ?
Written upbn the death of Walter Stew
art JDavis, aged two years and 21 days.
Weeping mother, griova.no longer ;
Although the idol of your -heart
To heaven has gone, yctbe thou stronger,
Feel resigned to say " depart."
God in kindness to the sufferer,
Bade his soul aloft to soar,
Although from you he is taken,
He's " not lost, but gone before."'
Mourning father, time will soften,
Pangs like thine that 3oar the heart.
Tho' memory clothed in sadness often
Makes thee feel anew the smart.
From a world of sin and sorrow,
In heaven to be forever blest,
Weeping .mother, mourning father
Little Walter s gone to rest.
escaped from J ail. On the night
ot the -id mst. hvc prisoners escaped from
the Kingston iail. Thev were Jacob
Gorsline of Iiockestcr, indicted for at
temptiug to kill a girl by throwing her
from a Drecinicc: J. II. Albertson of
k. '
Rondout, indicted for horse stealing: Wil
liani Ellis, indicted for highway robbery;
Michael McLaughlin, inducted for burg
lary; Michael Kelly, inuicted tor crana
larceny. The iail is new, and was built
at the cost of 20,000.
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Pardons. Governor Pollock has is
sued an official order that hereafter all
applications for pardon must be preced
ed by at least fire day's notice to the Dis
trict Attorney of the locality concerned,
and ten da's notice in a newspaper,
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Great Goal Burning- locomotive.
lime company, at rattcrson, J., are
building a coal burning Locomotive for
the Delaware, Lackawauna and Western
Railroad, of tho following dimensions :
IS inch clinder, 24 inch stroke, six dri
vers 48 inches in diameter, and having
chilled iron tires, 3 inches thick. There
is one pair of 30 inch leading wheels.
Tho boiler is 50 inches diameter, and con
tains 01 3 inch iron tubes, 15-A feet in
length. The urate is four feet Ion", aud
74
feet in width across the track, thus
giving
thirty square feet of area. The
whole weight will be 72,000 lbs. Lack.
Herald.
Counterfeit 5 s altered from I's, on the
Princeton Bank, N. J., arc in circulation.
Lhey are ot two kinds lginette, arms
of the state : steamship and rail cars, in
the distance ; 5 on each side three men
with pick, shovel, guns, &c., on the lower
er left corner small State arms on the
lower right corner five in red letters
across the bill not like genuine. Vig
nette two females sitting, shield, kc. foI
dier raising a breastwork on the left end.
Prohibition in New York. A bill
has passed the New York Legislature and
received the signature of the governor
prohibiting licenses, aud confining the sale
of Liquor to manufacturing, medical,
chemical, and, and sacramental purposes.
All provisions of the act take effect after
the 4th of July.
Cannibalism in Hew York.
At the trial of a butcher named Jenk
ins, in Brooklyn, for selling "plated veal,"
a witnes named Pfesinsrcr, testified as fol
lows :
I can produce a
burg who cooked
woman in Williams-J
teaks out from the
thigh of the pirate Gibbs, who was hung,
and the people ate and pronounced them
the finest they ever ate, being under the
impression that it was
iinal.
tne ilesi
t 1 St
ol an an-
Mr. Pessincr, in
explanation of the
broiling ot the hesh ol bibbs,
said it was
at a hotel in the Bowery, kept by the hus
band of the woman referred to, at an af
fair called a 'Tackle," in which every
person participating contributed some ar
ticle of food to be prepared for the dinner
This place was a resort for medical etu
dents, and the body of Gibbs having been
handed over to the medical faculty for
dissecting, a wag of a student conceived
the idea of playing off a joke upon some
of the participants at the "Tackle." He
accordingly procured some slices of the
remains of the pirate, which were cooked
and passed of? as the flesh of some ani
mal. J hose who partook pronounced it
most delicious.
Pcssinger attended one of these "Tac
kles" in hie earlier days, where part of a
j dog was nicely cooked and served up; the
meat was highly praised by all who par
took, and it set nicely upon the stomach
until the joke leaked out,and then it would
not stay down.
Eemarkable Case of Petrefaction.
Nine years ago, a man about the
age
of sixty yoars, and weighing about two
hundred pounds, named Vaughan, re
moved into the Northern part of Middle
sex, about eight miles from Montpclier,
and a short time after died of the dropsy
and was buried near his own residence.
On the last days of February past, his
friends attempted to disinter him, for the
purpose ot removing his remains to l'om
Ik.aI. . I - i r .1 1 " i 1 llln4-
wucn n was xounu ;o require me uesi
exertions of five or six strong men to raise
the coffin from the grave. The coffin was
then openod and the corpse found to bo
perfect in bhape, life-like in appearance,
but of folid stone, which no awl or knife
would penetrate, any more than marble.
The corpse was weighed at Montpelier
and the weight found to be 550 lbs!
What makes the case the more remark
able is the fact, that tho corpse of a girl,
buried by the same side of the man. was
almost wholly consumed, only the princi
pal bones remaining. Hero is a problem
for philosophers. Bellows Fcdlsl Vt.t Ar-
n 1 1 a:
--
Oiled sawdust, acted upon by thc rays
of the sun, will jguite spontaneously in
to hours.
From the Legislative Record, A-pil 11.
To Restrain the Sale of Intoxicating Li
quors.
.Section 1. Be it enacted, tj-aThat
from and after the first day of October
next, it shall be unlawful to keep or main
tain any house, room or place where vin
ous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors,or
any admixtures thereof are sold aud
drank, except as hereinafter provided;
and all laws or parts of laws inconsistent
with the provisions of this act, be ami the
same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That if any person or persons
within this Commonwealth shall keep for
sale, and, sell, or in connection with any
other business or profitable employment
give, rcceiviug therefor any price, profit
or advantage, by any measure whatever,
and at the same time voluntarily atiord a
nlnro nr nnv other convenience or m
.1 ....,.., V... vr-ltinli fln efimn mnv TIRnd
UUVUIIIl IK U . liilil nil, uuuiv in., i
as a beverage, anv vinou, spirituous, malt
or orewca liquor, or any aumixiuru inuiw-
of, he, she or they, and any one aiding,
nW t r.fr nr nss j( nrr therein, shall ue
deemedguilty of a misdemeanor, and up-
on conviction snail ue senieueeu tu pay a
. 1 li l l . i .
fino nnt, PTRcedinrr fiffcv dollars, and un-
rlnrtrn ininrisonmeiit not exceeding one
--' - ri -J i
Tnnnfh. an d for a second or anv subse-
quent offence, shall pay a fine not exceed-
in.T one hundred dollars, and undercoim-
prfaonmcnt not exceeding three months,
Sec. 3. That if any two or moro per-
sons conrpirc, or act together, by which
one may sell, and the other provide a
place or other convenience lor drinking,
with intent to evade the provisions oi this
act, each one so offendiufr, upon convic
tion, slmll bn Titiniplipd as tirovidnd in the
second section of this act.
, . .. , . .
Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for
any person to sell or Keep lor sale any
vmous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors,
ui n.ii s.vi iiitLui LiiuiuuK iu ii:ua uui
, -if i -i . j i
' . . .
ty than one quart, nor without license
granted by the court of quarter sessions
of the proper county, on petition present-
ed for that purpose, to be advertised ac-
cording to the first section of tho act of
the twenty-ninth of March, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-one, supplement-
an
to the various acts relating to tavern
licenses: but no such license
shall be
granted to other than citizens of the Uni-
ted btates, ot temperate habits and good
repute for honesty : Provided. That no
certificate shall be required or published
as mentioned in the act herein reterred
to : rrovi(tea 1 bat no license tor tho sale
of liquors as aforesaid, shall be granted
to the keeper of any hotel, inn, tavern,
restaurant, eating-house, oyster-house or
cellar, theatre or other places ot enter-
tainmcut, amusement or refreshment.
Sec. 5. That the said court, by their
rules, shall fix a time at which applica-
tions for said licenses shall be heard, at
which time all persons making objections
shall be heard.
Sec. 6. lhat it shall not be lawful for
the cleric ot said court to issue any license
as atoresaid, until the applicant shall
have filed the bond hereinafter required,
and the certificate of the city receiver, or
county treasurer, that the license tee has
been paid to him.
bEC. f. lhat the appraisers oi licenses
under this act shall be appointed as pro-
vided by existing laws, except in the city
ot Philadelphia, jwhere on the passage ol
this act, and thereafter at the beginning
of every year, three reputable and temp-
crate persons shall be appointed by the
court ot quarter sessions to appraise ucai-
ers m spirituous, Yinou, malt or orewca
liquors aforesaid, and of distillers and
brewer?, audio do ana perform all du-
ties now enjoined oy law not inconsistent
herewith; and said appraisers shall be
citizens of the United States, in no man-
ner connected with, or interested m tho
liquor business, and shall be compensated
as now provideu by law.
Sec 8. That no hcenFe shall do grant-
ea without the payment to tne receiver oi
taxes of the city of Philadelphia, or to
w i
the treasurers of the other counties of the
btatc lor the use ot the Uommonwealth,
three times the amount now fixed by law
to oe paia oy venuers oi spirituous, vin-
ous, 'or malt liquors, or brewers and dis-
tillers: Provided, 'lhat no license shall
ne granted lor a less sum than thirty uoi-
lars.
Sec 9. That the bond required to be
taken ot all persons who shall receive a
license to sell spirituous, vinous, malt or
brewed liquors, or any admixtures there-
or, shall be one thousand dollars, condi-
tioncd for the faithful observance of all
the laws of this Commonwealth relating
to the business or vending such liquors,
with two sufficient sureties, and warrant
of attorney to confess judgment; which
Dona snan dc approveu oy one oi tue
judges ot the court ot quarter sessions ot
me peace oi tne proper county, ana to be
filed in said court; and whenever a
judgment for any forfeiture or fine shall
have Deen recovered againsi tue principal
thercin, it shall be lawful for tho district
attorney, ot the proper county, to enter
judgment against the obligors in the said
oonu, anu proceeu to couccc inc same oi
tne saia principal or sureties.
u,i;. j.u. iuai, uvruv uurtuu wuuiisuu iu
beu bpiniuous, , vinous or man liquors as
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utuicDMu, Bumi iiauiBiiu uwiuu uiiuui
glass, and place the same so that it may
-t .ui uuia u fnuus i uia uuiui
nil - nr Km . n m . . r .n tUmi
place of making sales; and no license shall
i ti t nnnvn colic 't " cn rncfn rrl,A ?Irt!l I
neglect this requirement, nor shall any
license authorize the sale of any spiritu
ous, vinous or malt liquors on Sunday.
Sec. 11. That any sale madef any
spirituous, vinous or malt liquor contrary
to this act, shall be taken to he a misde
meanor, and upon conviction of the of
fence in the court of quarter sessions of
the proper county, shall be punished in
the manner prescribed by the second sec-
tion of this act.
Sec. 12. That the provisions of this
act, as to appraisement and license, shall
not extend to importers who shall vend
or dispose of said liquors in the original
oa&ua or packages as imported, nor to du-
1 . .1 . .
iy commissioned auctioneers selling at
public vendue or outcry, nor to brewers
or distillers selling in quantities-not less
than five gallons, nor shall- any thing here
in contained, prohibit the salevby drug
gists of any admixtures of intoxicating li
nnnr? :is medicines.
Seo. 13. That it shall be the duty of
every constable of every town, borough,
t.-m.sliin or ward within this Coinmon-
-..iti, n ovorv term of the court of
ttUililU) j
quarter sessions of each respective coun
ty to make return on oath or affirmation,
.Lt1inr within his knowlcdgo there is
any place- within his bailiweck, kept and
,ifnined in violation of this -act; and it
shall be the especial duty of the judges of
the said courts to see that this return is
faithfully made; and if any person shall
make known to such constable tho name
or names of any one who shall have vio
lnfnd this act. with the maines of witness
who can prove the fact, it shall be his du
ty to mako return thereot on oatuor ai-
" ,,,,,11 1
firmation to tne court, auu upuu un
tui lauuro so iu , "
gum.j( u ; - - -r
ment and conviction, shall be sentenced
to impnsonniuunu tuu jaw ui tuu wuUUjr
for a period not less than one, nor more
H a i- sr rrt nTiTiiu niwi v ;i it fit' it
mau iuiv;u
ceedinc htty dollars
i w . . .
Sec. 14. That this act shall not inter
fere with auy persons holding a license
heretofore granted, until the time for
which the same waa granted shall have
expired; nor shall any license which may
be granted before the first day of July
next, authorize the sale of said liquors or
admixtures thereof after the first day of
October next, contrary to the provisions
of.this act
Jjcanui jiarmquaKe.
Wo have already had partial acconnts
of a terrible earthquake upheaval, as ge-
Q0.ysis W0lIu cal it at Broussa, in A
...mi in i i. i.n.
siauc aurKcy. uonsianuuopie iciwr,
"M 1. Oil,
uaiuu -uaiu uluj BaJ
"The accounts from Broussa are terri-
ble. Such a long-continued convulsion
of Nature has hardly been heard of in the
history of the world. The earthquake
had lasted five days, and shocks were of
constant occurrence when the last news
left. The great shock of the 28th of Fcb-
ruary destroyed a part of the town, and
killed or maimed nearly three hundred of
the inhabitants. Although the shocks
wcre only felt at Constantinople during
the two days, they lasted at Broussa for
f0Ur succeeding days, not without causing
serious damage to the already shaken
houses. The commencement of the con-
vulsion was nreceded bv torrents of ram.
which lasted more than twenty-four hours
accompanied by a high wind and occasion
al thunder. At 3 o'clock the skv became
suddenly overcast, a strong smell of sul
phur was perceived, and the first shock
took place, which in less than a minute
overthrew mosques, houses, and bazaars
m one vast rum.
"Nearly eighty mosques have been so
much in ured that their speedy fall is ex
pected, while not one m the whole city
Mias escaped some damage.. The khans
0r large buildings which served cither as
inns or placeB for transacting business
are mostly injured, and five of them were
completely destroyed, crushing scores o
their unfortunate inmates. The bazarrs
with their heavy arches, are flat on the
ground. The ancient mosque of Davoul
ion Monastir, a Greek ecclesiastical edi
fjce, sajd to be 1,200 years old, isunhap
pjjy destroyed. Another mosque, the Ou
iou jejuni, a fine building bUU years old
1S also a mass of rums, it was the chie
ornament of the city, and the most splen
did rclicious edifice of the days when
Broussa was the capital of the young and
growing Ottoman empire. Materialists
may, however, still more regret dostruo
tion which has fallen on the silk factories
0f which scarcely one has escaped withou
damage, while the number of women who
have lost their lives by the fall has been
verv larTo
"Large masses of rocks were detached
- i r
from their beds, and came crashing down
thesides of Olympus into the neighborhood
0f the town. Iu one place several houses
Wcre crushed bv one ot these avalanches
The old wall and fort were shaken to the
Uround. and in their fall buried ten or
twelve houses and the factory of Hadii
Annstasi. n rnsnnfitabm (rreGk manufac
turer. who also lost his life. As the shocks
continued during the night the whole pop-
ulation at once quitted the town, and are
now encamped in the neighborhood : the
Well-off in tents, the poor under the open
"heaven, preferring to bear the chill nights
nf Mntvh Mian tn W. in lmnrlv dmad of
destruction within the circuit of their ill
fated city. The shocks which have since
takcn piace uavo thrown down many
buildinns which were nrcv ouslv in-
jured? but there is no reason to he
neve that any fresh edifices have been
destroved. A shock on the 2d of March
was verjf seVere, and when the post left
on th0 4th there had been another of con-
Ujdcrable violence. It was anticipated
the ravages of the earthquake have net
extc,,dcd over any very great tract of
country.
Vn,,htfti. Hatristrnnhn A rrrnvo ornnf
- - -C - fa-"'
hag jusfc occured at Moscow. Tho large
b Qc tho lower of Ivan-Ve k. in the
TrMi; f.,n n. 1 i.
- - '
v hen t ha coromonv of swnnr inr nlWinnna
aml fidoKt to thc ncw Ein ror wftM
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ing on, and by its fall crushed nearly 100
persons.
In Virginia the Wheat crop is looking
well.
Chicago is a word derived from
the
Indian meaning skunk.
There arc on tho canals of Ncw York
about 25,000 boatmen and 6000 boys,
.
A lady in Ncw Yorkhas made a quar-
tor ot a million dollars by keeping school
C. G. Siioles, Esq., formerly of Dan-
vine, printer, has again boon elected Way
!! . , . , . " . , . '
or ot thc city ot Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Fnnn the New York Time's.
From "Washington.
The President in Earnest about Cuba
An Apology will be Insisted -on War
Probable.
The President really has determined
to make a; demonstration airainat Snain
at last. The selection of Commodore
McCaulcyto command the Gulf Squadron,
is significant, and the rumors of an increase
of the squadron, which I gave you some
time since arc all confirmed. As strong
a naval force as can be spared for the pur
pose has been ordered to cruize in the
neighborhood of Cuba, in the track of our
steamers, and future insultsNto our flag
seem likely to be promptly addressed.
It seems that not only El Dorado and
the Daniel Webster have been brought to
on the high seas by Spanish cruisers with
in the last month or two, but the Illinois
also was served the same way not long
ago. She did not report the fact, how
ever such outrages, without atonement,
having become too common to be deemed
in the estimation of her officers, worthy
of notice.
There will be trouble with Spain soon,
unless, with the usual pusillanimity of m
solent imbecility, she tumbles to her knees
at the first exhibition of spirit on the part
of the United States. Prompt atonement
will doubtlcas now be made for the out
rages upon the El Dorado and the Dan
iel Webster. But they will be repeated
doubtless in thc cases of other vessels
The Spanish Naval Commanders, rejoicing
in this opportunity of indulging their ha
tred of os Yankees, will doubtless insist
that they cannot perform their duty with
out firing a shot at our passing steamers
and pursuing their insulting search. They
will probably, thereforo, quite disregard
Concha's frightened exhortations to great
er propriety; but the next time a Spanish
cruiser brings to one of our mail steamers
on thc high seas, it is intended that a U.
S. war vessel shall be near enough to par
ticipate in the entertainment by pouring
her broadside into the Spaniard forthwith.
Mark the truth of this. The instructions
to McCauley will confirm what I say when
ever they aro made public. Such a dem
onstration will make an issue not to be
evaded ; and we shall then learn the true
character of the secret protectorate of
Spain maintained by England and France.
What a capital privateer fleet our Cuban
Fillibusters would fit out in the event of
a war with Spain arising out of these e
vents. Mr. Marcy is very backward about go
ing into this businoss ; so is Mr. Cushing.
Messrs. Guthrie and McClelland are also
understood to oppose extreme measures.
But tho President has acted on his own
impulses, although Mr. Davis and Mr.
Dobbin warmly approve his course.
Amendments tathe Constitution.
The resolutions proposing certain im
portant amendments to the constitution,
passed the Senate by a large majority.
The first proposition relates to the public
debts of the Commonwealth and provides
that the aggregate amounts of debts here
after contracted bythe Commonwealth
shall never exceed five hundred thousand
dollars, except incase of war, to repel in
vasion, suppress insurrection, or to redeem
the public debts of the Commonwealth
and the money so raised shall be applied
to the purnose for which the debt may b
contracted, or to pay such debts, and to
no other purpose.
It is further provided, that to pay the
public debt of the Commonwealth, and
debts which may hereafter to be contrac
ted, in case of war to repel invasion, to
suppress insurrection, and to redeem the
public debt, the Legislature shall at their
next session, after the adoption of this
section into tho Constitution, provide by
law the creation of a sinking fund which
shall not be abolished till the said public
debts be wholly paid, to consist of all the
net annual income from the public works
and stock owned by tho Commonwealth,
or any other tunds arising under any rev
enuc law now existing, or that may hi
hereafter enacted, so far as thc same may
be required to pay the interest of said
debts, semi-annually, and annually, to re
duce the principal thereof by the sum not
less than five hundred thousand dollars,
increased yearly by compounding at thc
rate of not less than five per centum ; the
said sinking fund shall be invested in the
loans of the Commonwealth, which shall
be cancelled from time to time in a man
ner to be provided by law. No portion
ot the sinking tund shall ever be applied
to the payment of the debt of five hundred
thousand dollars, mentioned in the first
section of this article, but tho said sink
ing fund shall be applied only to thc pur
pose herein specified.
I he credit of thc Commonwealth shall
not, in any way, be given or loaned to or
in aid of any individual company, corpo-
'anon or association, nor shall the Uom
monwealth hereafter become a joint own
er or stockholder in any company, asso
ciation or corporation, in this Common
wealth, or elsewhere, formed for any pur
jjuai.-. nit) ommonwcaiin snail never
assume thc debts of any county, city, bo
rough or township, or of any corporation
or association, unless such debt shall have
been contracted to repel invasion, sun
press insurrection, or to dofend thc Stato
in war. lac second proposition relates
to municipal subscriptions, and provides
ii .i i) i i. ... .
tuai tne legislature shall never authorize
any county, city, borough or township, by
vote of its citizens or otherwise to become
a stockholder in any joint stock company,
association or corporation, or to raso mon
ey for or loan its credit to aid of such
oompany or corporation.
J heso proposed amendments passed
the last Legislature, and if thoy pass tho
present one thoy will be submitted to vote
ot the people in October next.
Good News for Bread Eaters-
-Hour from
Canada.
Oswego, N. Y.; April 1C Tho
re-
oiprooity treaty is rapidly developing its
goou enecis in tne largo receipts of pro
duce, lumber, &c, from Canada, since the
opening of lako navigation. Among the
receipts are 66,000 bbls. of Canadian flour.
Horrid Tragedy A fGURg-JJisod.
A Gentleman from Kiskatom, in the
town of-Caskill, has given us the folio w-
ng particulars of a most appalling trag
edy. On Saturday la3t, John H. Ed-
wards, a lad agea nitcen, living in tho
family of his uecle, J. W. Hungerford, re
quested permission of the wife of Mr. H.
to use a double-barreneu gun winch was
in the houso, for the purpose of seeking
game. Permission being granted they
both shortly after left the premises in
different directions, when Edward soon
returned and commenced breaking open
all the drawers and chests, in which ho
supposed there was two hundred dollars,
which Mr. Ilungerford had received a
lew uays previous. Not finding tho mo
ney, he loaded tho crun with slues and.
shot, and deliberately fired the contents
oi one oi the barrels into the breast of
his uncle, who by this time had reached'
the house. Ilungerford fell, pleading'for
life, when the little fiend again presented
the gun and snapped it. Mr. II. partial
ly recovered and fled, pursued by Ed
wards, who again fired with fatal effect.
He then returned to the house, placed tho
gun in its usual place and escaped from
the bloody scene. Little hopes are en
tertained of Hungerford's recovery.
Since the above was in type, we learn
that thc boy Edwards was caught at the
oyster saloon of Peter Cyon, Catskill, on
Monday last. Ilungerford it is thought
will not recover. Several slugs were
lodged in his lungs. Coxsackic Union. '
Tlie Yam. There has been introduced
into France from China a new species of
yam which bids fair to supersede, or at
least serve as a substitute for the common
potato. It appears to be adapted to the
climates of all parts of the United States,
growing a vine above ground, and send
ing perpendicularly into thc earth large
tubers two or three feet in length and
half the size of a man's arm. These tu
bers aro dry and farinaceous, quite as
much so as the potato, and may be used
for the sarao purposes. A very small
number haye been procured and distribu
ted at the Patent Office, chiefly among
members of Congress of the several States
and Territories.
PESILiADJEIjPHKA market.
Monday, April 15, P. M. Cloverseed
is in good demand, and 200 bushels sold
at $6,25aG,50 per G41bs. In Timothy
and flaxseed nothing doing.
The flour market is quiet, but the re
ceipts and stocks continue small, and hol
ders have again put up their prices 25
conts per barrol. Shipping brands aro
held at 10,75all per barrel, but there is
no export demand, and thc only sales re
ported at these figures are small lots for
home consumption and extra at Sll,2.va
11,50. A sale of 100 barrels extra fam
ily was made at the lowest quotations.
Eye Flour is held firmly at 7. Sales of
Corn Meal at S4,464a4524: per barrel.
Grain There is a good demand for
Wheat and prices have again advanced.
SaleB of 2a3000 bushels prime Pennsyl
vania white atS2,70a275 per bushel afloat;
we quote red at 82,60a 2,65, with sales of
1000 bushels at the former rate, live is
scarce and wanted sales of 4000 bushels
Pennsylvania atSl,49. Corn is in active
demand and prices have again andvanced
3a4 cents per bushel sales of 2000 bush
els Pennsylvania yellow, on Saturday eve
ning, to arrive, at 8-1,06, and about 8000
bushels Southern,, todays at SI, 10, afloat;
sale of white at Sl,08al,09. Oats are
scarce sales of 5000 bushels Dclawaro
at 70 cents per bushel. Thc following
statement of the prices of Wheat and Corn
at this port at this date for thc last ten
years past, will show thc extravagant rates
now realized :
Wheat.
Corn.
G5
S1,00
5L
52
1S46
1S47
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
81,12al,15
1,45a 1,50
l,23al,35
93a 93
l,llaj,17
57,
l,00al.()5
90a 95
l,12al,20
l,80al,90
2,00a2.75
65
61
75
3.10
Whiskey is lower Sales at 35 cents in
barrels, and 35 cents in hhds.
JURY LIST.
Git AND JCKOKR.
ChcstnithiU. Michael Getz, and Peter
Gilbert.
Humilton, Jacob Hank, James Ilarmnn:
Stroud. Charles Drake, John Huston, and
Adam Shafer.
Tobyhanna. Timothy Miiler.
M. SmithJieUl. George Tompkins, An
drew Frutchcy, and Abraham V. Coolbaurrh,
and John Clark.
Pocono. Peter Edinger, & Jacob Angfo-
moyer. -
Eldrcd. -Charles Correll.
Price. Samuel Postens.
Smitltfield. Peter Yeislcy, nnd Horace
Brodhead ' ... - ;
Jackson. John Oustorhont. ' t .
Borough Melchoir Sprugle, Win. Dreh'er.
Charles Smiley, and Alexander FowlcirJ1
Polk. Aaron Heiney.
Petit Jvkohs.
Hamilton. Jesse Van IJaskirk, Charles
J. Walton, Amos Rouse, Adam Ivesterf and
George Folker, . v
Price. Jacob Price, Simon N. Stright.
Polk. GcorfTc Dottcr, James Westbrook.
Cornelius Smith, Paul Wose.
Jackson. John Winter, Jacob Bender.
Chesnuthill. Christopher D. Keller, Pa
rick Daily, John Brong.Jacob Grecnamoycr.
SmithJieUl. John Cascbcer, Peter Wolfe;
Icnry Trible, John Smith. James K intnnr.
Ienry Brotzman.
7 oby mm w. Henry Stoddard. SamuolEG?
Sschonbach, Andrew Eschenbach.
M.Sinilhfield. -Mosots Overlield. Frerinrir.k
Overfield.
Pocono. John Arnold. Jacob Stauffer;
George E. Labar, Peter Schick.
hldrcd. Peter Kleimlon, Edward Englcr,
onas Scrfoss, Jonaa Smith.
Caolbaugh. Henry Whitcsell. '
Ross. Peter Remmel.
Stroud. Henry D. Bush, Robert Barry,
William Transue, James Kerr, Jesse Scnb-
ner.
Borough. Samuel Rec, Jr., Philip Swart'
wood, Richard S. Staples.
Paradise. John Learn,
Jncub B. Tech
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